The seas worldwide are threatened by a “new” source of pollution. Munitions dumped into
the seas worldwide will corrode and start to leak. Their impacts on the environment and on …

Many components of the innate immune system are evolutionarily conserved and shared
across many living organisms, from plants and invertebrates to humans. Therefore, these …

Bivalves are widespread in coastal environments subjected to a wide range of
environmental fluctuations: however, the rapidly occurring changes due to several …

Ocean contamination by micro-and nanoplastics represents a potential threat to marine
biota, from bacterial communities to higher organisms. In this work, the effect of in vivo …

The present study aims to assess the effects of contamination of the Agadir bay coasts using
bivalves as a biomonitoring sentinel species. Seasonal variations of biochemical …

Present in an increasing number of products, UV-filters are continuously discharged into
aquatic environments. Despite potential risks for inhabiting organisms are recognized, the …

This study documented seasonal levels of microplastics (MPs) and biomarkers (condition
index, neurotoxicity, energy, oxidative stress) in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), and …

It is now recognized that host microbiome, the community of microorganisms that colonize
the animal body (eg microbiota) and their genomes, play an important role in the health …

The lysosomal membrane stability (LMS) of hemocytes in wild mussels (Mytilus
galloprovincialis) as a biomarker of cellular stress for chemical pollution was tested by …

Marine bivalves include economically highly important aquacultured species worldwide
(oysters, mussels, clams, scallops). Although one third of production in Europe is …